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2 - Genetics of human and rodent body weight regulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2009

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Karine Clément
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Jenni Harvey  and
Dominic J. Withers
Karine Clément
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Hôtel-Dieu Service de Nutrition Place du Parvis, Notre-Dame 75004, Paris, France
Jenni Harvey
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University of Dundee
Dominic J. Withers
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Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
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Neurobiology of Obesity , pp. 20 - 51
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